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ETHIOPIAJNT AISTD COMIC DKAMA. 1^ 



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BLACK MAGICIAN; 



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THE WONDERFUL BEAVER, 



AN ETHIOPIAN COMICALITY, IN ONE SCENE. 



By HENRY L. WILLIAMS, Jr., 

Author of " The Black Chap from Whitechapel" etc., etc. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 

A Description of fclie Costvunes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the -whole of the Stage Busmess. 



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New York, 
ROBERT M. DE ^WITT, PUBLISHER 




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IE WITT'S ETHIOPUU & COHIC DRAMAS. 

Nothinrj so thorough and complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas has ever 
been pr^inted as those that appear in the folloiving list. Not only are the plots excellent^ the 
characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations, by-play, 
2iOsitions, pantomimic business, scenery and tricks are so plainly set down, and clearly ex- 
2)lained, that the mer';st novice could jnct any of them on the stage. Included in this catalogue 
are all the most laughable and effective ineces of their class ever produced. 

*** In ordering, please copy the figures at the commencement of each 2)lay, which indicate 
the number of the piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Coaiic Drama." 

'^^ Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price— \.^ Cents Cacli. 

Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

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figures in the columns indicate the number of characters. — M. male ; Y. female. 
*** Female characters are generally assumed by males in these plays. 



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No. 
73. 
6. 
10. 
11. 
24. 
40. 
42. 
43. 
78. 



African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 
Black Chap from Whitechapel, 1 s. 

Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 

Black Ey'd William, 2 scenes 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 

Bad Whiskey, sketch, 1 scene 

Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes. . . 

Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 

Barney's Courtship, Irish, 1 scene. 
Bogus Talking Machine, Dutch 
Coal Fleavers' Reveuge, 1 scene. . 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 

Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 

Draft (The), sketch, 1 act, 2 scenes. 

Damon and Pythias, 2 scenes 

Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 act. . 
Dutchman's Ghost, sketch, 1 scene. 

Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch, 1 scene. . . 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 

Editor's Troubles, farce, in 1 scene. . 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. . . 
Fellow That Looks Like Me, Is.... 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 
First Niglit, Dutch sketch, 4 scenes 

Ghost (The), sketch, 1 scene 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 

Goin? for the Cup, interlude, 1 scene 

Ghost in a Pawnshop, 1 scene 

Guide to the Stage, sketch, 1 scene. 
Getting Square on Call Boy, 1 scene 
Good Night's Rest, sketch, 1 scene 
German Emigrant, sketch, 1 scene. 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 

Hemmed In, sketch, 1 scene 

Hard Times, extravaganza, 1 scene. 
High Jack, the Heeler, 1 scene.. 

Happy Couple, sketch, 1 scene 

Hippotheatron, s.^etch, 1 scene 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 

Jealous Husband, sketch. 1 scene 

Julius the Snoozer, 3 scenes 

Last of the Mohicms, 1 scene 

Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene 

Lucky Job, farce. 2 scenes 

Lost Will, sketch, 1 scene 

Lunatic (The), sketch, 1 scene 

Mutton Trial, sketch. 2 scenes 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 



2 1 

2 

4 2 

2 

3 

4 

4 



3 1 
3 

3 1 

5 1 
6 

2 1 

9 

2 

2 1 

3 1 

4 1 

6 1 



No. 

44. 

!)6. 
101. 

49. 

22. 

2r. 

30." 
76. 
9. 
57. 
65. 
6i. 
87. 
91. 
9i. 
14. 
26. 
4.5. 
55. 
81. 

\i. 

15. 

80. 
84. 
21. 
16. 



Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 
Midnight Intruder (The), 1 scene. . 6 

Molly Moriart}', Irish, 1 scene 1 

Night in a Strange Hotel, 1 scene. ... 2 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene... 2 

100th Night of Hamlet, 1 scene 7 

One Night in a Bar Room, 1 scene 7 
One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 

Policj' Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's ' 'atients, 2 scenes , . 6 

Por.er's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 
Port Wine vs. Jealousy, 1 scene.. 2 
Pete the Peddlar, sketch, 1 scene.. 2 
Painter's Ai)prentice (The), 1 s eiie 5 

Polar Bear (The,) farce, 1 scene 5 

Recruiting Othce, sketch, 2 scenes. 5 

Rival Tenants, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Remittance from Home. 1 scene... 6 

Rigging a Purchase, 1 scene 2 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Streets of New York, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 scene 2 

Scenesou the Mississippi, 2 scenes. 6 
Serenade (Ttie), sketch, 2 scenes... 7 

Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 6 

Storming the Fort, sketdi, 1 scene. 5 
Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes. . . 5 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Stage Struck Couple (The), 1 scene. 2 
Sausage Makers (The), sketch, 2 s. . 5 
Squire for a Da}^ sketch, 1 scene. . . 5 

Stranger (The), sketch, 1 scene 1 

Sleepwalker (The), sketch, 2 scenes 3 
Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Three, A. M.. sketch, 1 scene 3 

Two Black Roses (The), sketch .... 4 

Tricks, sketch, 2 scenes 5 

Three Strings to One Bov\', 1 scene. 4 
Take It. Don't Take It, sketch, 1 s. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 s ... 3 
Vinegar Bitters, sketch, one scene. 6 
Who Died First, sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 
Wake up, William Henry, 1 scene . . 3 
Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
Weston the Walkist, Dutch 1 scene 7 
What Shall I Take ? sketch, 2 scenes 8 
Who's the Actor ? farce, 1 scene. . . 4 
Wrong Woman in the Right Place 3 
Young Scamp (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 



De Black Magician; 

OR, 

THE WONDERFUL BEAVER, 
By HENBY L. WILLIAMS, Jr., 

Author of ♦' The Black Chap from Whitechapel," etc., etc 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OP THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARACTERS— ENTRANCES 

AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS OP THE PERFORMERS 

ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OP 

THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



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ROBERT M. DE #ITT, PUBLISHER 

No. 33 Rose Street. 



Entered according to Act of Con-ress, in tlie year 1876, by Robert M. Db Witt, 
the oftice of the Librarian of Congress at Washin<aon 



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LACK MAGICIAN- jTI K xA 



CAST OF GHARAOTERS, ^^ 

Old Massa Breckenridge B. Whopper (old man) » "^ 

Snipsnap (a negro servant — Bones) 

Mr; Joseph Saddletone (a young darkey in love with 
Rosie) 

Schweitzer (middleman — heavy or light comedy — charac- 
ter Dutch) 

Rosie (the ward of Whopper — walking lady) 

Liza, her maid (chambermaid) 

TIME OF PLAYING-THIRTY MINUTES. 

SCENERY. 

The Street of a Country Tillage with Whopper's House in 2d Grooves; 
house front with practical door and window, l. 

/ Whopper's House, "Sii \ 

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with Door and Window. i(|f||g|||H • « 

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R. 1 K. In 1 E. 

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R. R, C. C. L. C. L. 

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COSTUMES. 

Whopper. — Made up very stout ; Gray Wig ; Old Fashioned Clothes ; 
Canary Waistcoat; big Bunch of Seals to his Watch Chain; Blue Coat 
with large Brass Buttons; Large Hat, which is too large for Snipsnap 
until he folds the brim in ; Gilt Headed Cane, He is cross and testy, and 
flourishes his cane to beat everybody. 

Snipsnap. — Black Face; Short Curl Wig; old Suit of Livery ; old White 
Beaver Hat, except his first entrance, when he wears a Cap. 

Saddletone. — Yellow Face ; Short Curl Wig ; small Moustache ; Dandy 
Dress ; Brass Chain and no Watch ; Eyeglass. 

Schweitzer. — Stout; White Face; Red Nose; Fair Hair and Beard; 
Ragged Dress; German. 

Rosie. — Yellow Face ; Wliite Muslin with Colored Bows ; Long Curls. 

Liza. — Black ; Short Hair; Yellow Handkerchief on her head; Calico 
Dress; White Fancy Apron. 

PROPERTIES. 

Feather Duster ; large Key to Door, l. ; Basket with Apple to eat ; Bottle ; 
Cabbage head ; long Dutcli Pipe ; Snuff Box with a little Ground Coffee in it; 
large Watch for 'Wb.opvkii; Bank hill fur same. 



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£!nter l. from house, Whopper and Liza. "Whopper locks door carefully 
vnth big key, pantomimes for Liza to be careful, and gives her the key. 
She shakes her fist at him behind his back. He crosses and exits E. 
She dusts the window, etc. Enter Snipsnap, r. 

Snip, {stops r). Let a fella see, now. Massa says I'se to try to 'peak 
Wid young Missee Rose. Hullo ! who dat dar ? Why dat's dat gal Lize. 

Liz. [aside). Golly ! dar's dat dar moke Snipsnap. 

Snip, (aside). Ise de wictim of her femalevolence oncet. Cuss her! 
{Shakes his fist at Liza.) 

Liz. (aside). De brack scamp what broke his promise to marry me. 
{Shakes her duster threateningly.) 

Snip. She's seen me; I'd better speak to her. (Goes l. very politely.) 
Ah, Miss Liza, how do you feel ? 

Liz. (laughs). Ise fust rate. You don't look very happy. Mass' Snip- 
snap. 

Snip. No I Ise alone in de world. Got no friends. If I was a gal 
gwine to be married, I'd hab to gib myself away. 

Liz. 'Pears to me, sah, dat's a judgment on yer. What for you not 
marry me ? What for you gwine to buy a gun to shoot my cat for — eh, 
sah? 

S JIP. Neber mind dat ; can't you let by-gones be by-gones, Liza dear ? 

Liz. Whar you keep yourself away de lass few ebenings, sah ? 

Skip. Oh ! (loftily). Ise been done gwine round to de theayter, de 
syr-a-cuse an' de concerts 1 

Liz. Oh, you been to de concerts, eh ? I thought you was to Sing Sing ! 

Snip. Ise been dar, too. Dat's whar I saw your brudder, Liza — den 
he tole me to go 'way. " Go way, nigger," says he ; " you are going to de 
bad !" says he, and so I corned to you, 'cause I heerd you was out. 

Liz. Heerd me was what? 

Snip. Out. 

Liz. Eh? 

Snip. Yes, gone out ob your mind, 'case your poor f adder dislocuted 
his neck in a hemstead cravat, (l. c.) 

Liz. (c). Oh, yas, de ole fool ! to go and put his head in it to try if de 
rope was 'trong enuf to hang your uncle Pete. 

Snip (coughs). Hem ! 

Liz. De biggest hoss thief in the township ! 

Snip. Hem I Dat was a dirty transaction, an' I 'clar to virtue I clean for- 
got him. Dat's enough 1 De fac is, dem p'licemen don't depreciate de 
ways ob our talented family. What you doing now ? 

Liz. Waiting? 

Snip. Oh, you is a waiter I 



4 DE black; MAGICIAN. 

Liz. Tas, I is a waiting for you to marry me, sah. 

Snip. Oh, so I shall 1 

Liz. Oh, yes, yoii say so when dar's no witnesses about ! 

Snip. But it ain't nice to be married. 

Liz. Yes it is. A young man is best when he has one pertickler 
woman. 

Snip. But, yer see, you is such a berry pertickler woman, Lize. 

Liz. Well, I is a waiting on a young lady. 

Snip. Oh ! whar d'yer get yer stiffcat ob good bohaivor from ? 

Liz. Oh, dat was easy 'nuff ! I went to your brudder, dat's so good at 
counterfeiting. 

Snip. Ise a servant, too. I'd radder be de master. But man proposes, 
you know. 

Liz. No, man don't propose nowadays. 

Snip. My massa is a young gentleman. 

Liz. In a large way ob business ? 

Snip. No. He's in love. He don't pay me much, but it's light work: 
he loves and I loaf. 

Liz. For a loafer you look berry oneasy, 

Snip. Yes dar's somefin' on my mind. I'm in a scrape. 

Liz. In a scrape? I should tink if you was in a scrape dat it would 
be scraped off you 1 What makes you loaf round jist here? 

Snip. I come to see you, most angeliferous ob your sect I What you 
doing here ? 

Liz. Dat's diflFerent. I'll tell you bimeby. Dar's somebody coming. 

Snip (looks offn) Yes, I know him. 

Liz. Do you ? Dat's Mass' Whopper's Dutch servant. He smells ob 
cheese and I don't like him — ugly fella' 1 

Enter Schweitzer r. with tasket, smoking pipe. 

Snip. How you vas yesterday all-'e'-time down stairs last week in the 
middle of the bone buttonbcd ? Eh, old spriggle-ze-Deutsch und swiggle ze 
beer ? [Shakes his hand and steals the apple out of basket, which he gives to 
Liza, who eats it.) 

ScHW. (calmly). Yaw 1 Was dot you, Mr. Schnippityschnapps ? 

Snip. It am. How's de wenerable old Massa Whopper dis morning? 

ScHw. He vas puUy I Onless he was lifted mit de groundt on a plow mit 
de headt, he vill lifE shoost as long as he ties ! 

Liz. He's a good friend to you, Switzy, so don't you run him down 1 

ScHW. Yaw ! Oh, yes, he vas a coot vriend — yaw, a vriend in-kneed, und 
so he nefer could run me town. 

Snip. Is de old gemblemen in a state ob much hangs-high-at-tea ? 

Sciiw. Yaw 1 

Snip. What does he give you a year ? 

SCHW. Oh, he don't gifE me nodmgs a year I He giff me a vrieght 
efery hour on te day mit his tam long gane. 

Snip. Much to do ? 

ScHW. Yaw ! Ve vas all de day schpend to lock up Miss Kosie — he 
might pe so chealous of her, dat he vas 1 He's a mean man — put he'd 
schpend a vortune on her. Yaw 1 

Liz. In locks ! 

Snip. So he's gwine to marry her, eh ? I 'pose he's getting on fine in 
her favor? (Steals hollh froia ba-sket and drinks out of it.) 



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on?"T; TT; ^V^^, getting on packvardts! Oh, he was too stingy for 
any potty to hke h,m ! Der Knicker ! I am fed like a vly I crutchcd efery 
mouthful; glothedlikea peggar's breatice; und paid so leedel dat my 
year 8 wa^es wouldn t puy half de ganes he preaks over mit mine pack 

I'll . 'n* • '" ••' k'* ^^ .^S^.''' ^^^ ^ '^^"* *^ ^^^- ^o" lend me a hand and 
1 11 roll you m riches. ( Gives Liza the bottle and she drinks.) 

Snipsnap, r. Schweitzer, c. Liza, l. 
SCHW. Taw! 

Liz. And 1 11 do anythnig for you 1 {Puts bottle in basket.) 
ScHw. Yaw? ' 

Liza and Snipsnap. Then it's a bargain. {They seize ScRWEiTzmi^s hands : 
basket and 2yipe fall.) ' 

ScHw. No, it's some dricks ! Mine raudder dold me alfays to be virtuous I 
Yawl I vas more-ale-y prought up! Pesides {picks up his pipel if de 
news dat I yas schwindlink him cot roundt, Master Whopper vouldt drop 
on me {he stoops to pick up basket and Snipsnap lets cabbage fall on him) 
and whop me out of the houses. i^/w**//*; 

Snip. Oh, then you won't ? 

ScHW. No! 

Liz. You won't? {Seizes bottle.) 

ScHW. NeinI 

««fA'f; A'^'V 7 :^^'''.,7f t ^f ^^^e' (Beats Schweitzer with cabbage, 
and Liza beats him with bottle, he using the basket as a shield. Fiqht ) 
bCHW.^ Help ! help mit me ! Get avay closer mit me i 
Liz. I'll be your friend at a pinch ! {Pinches him ) 
ScHW. Sehtop, schtop ! dot is too hot enough ! {He's driven R.) 

^""^ZfTi^^ R. Snipsnap ^Arom the cabbage at Schweitzer, loho is 

knocked doimi Liza throws the basket «# Schweitzer, who having fallen 

IS missed, and W rofper is knocked dozvn by it. Whopper m/^ and 

hits Schweitzer, ivho falls a second time.) 

Whopper. What de debbil row amdis? Who dare beat my servant? 

«r,d fl,!nc. h""' ?f l Hedeserved it. He come back drunk from de market 

dp ,hno? ^t> ;f -^^ dis young lady, when she prepostulated wid him on 

f^h Tf^ I • I, ""T^"'?' ^^' ' ^ P°°^^ ^^«ke^ t^ fotch home. {Shoivs 
the basket broken m the fight.) ^ 

Liz. And he's emptied de bottle of Jamaica. (Schweitzer stares at 
her m surprise.) 

Snip. And dar's a neat looking cabbage head for a gembleman's dinner. 
{Picks up cabbage and hands it to Whopper, ivho hits Schweitzer tvith it 
Schweitzer puts It in the basket; then gets the botUe and smells of it, holds 
It up and puts itm basket.) "^ ' 

Snip. He's a bad fella' to idle time away. 

Whop. Idling! Dat's how my time is wasted. 

ScHW. I had done my work. 

Whop. Den do it ober again. I won't hab no idling ! 

Snip. He can't 1 he's too mnch 'tosticated. 

Liz Only look at his beak ! Dat could ony beak-come so froo drinkin- 
a mighty quantity. He's a puffeck walking barrel ob la-er beer 

SCHW. Call me trunk ? Den de vishes vas trunk 

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Snip. But he's got room for more. 

ScHW. I nefer douched a trop. 

Snip. He neber Dutched a drop I He's Hke to drop now I {Half trips 
up Schweitzer.) De fella can't stand, he's in such high spirits. 

Liz. See how his head rolls 1 {Shakes Schweitzer.) 

ScHW. Dat's my collar is loose. 

Whop. Neber mind— your neck will be stretched some day, you wag- 
abone I 

Schw. Dey's pushing me, sir ! 

Liz. {mysteriously to Whopper). While he's staggering about from one 
saloon to anudder, some ob dem gay cream-collud boys vill climb into 
your house and run away wid your ward Rosie. 

Snip. And take all your money, too I 

Wkop. Oh, blessings on us and sabe us I Robbers ! sweethearts ! Oh, 
my Rosie! Ah, my greenbacks! You double Dutch villain, I'll discharge 
you! 

Schw. All right ! Den gifif me mine money. 

Whop. Hold your tongue. 

Snip, {aside to Schweitzer). Dat's right. Don't you go widoud de stamps. 

Schw. I vants mine vages I 

Whop. I'll wage you. (Schweitzer tries to run but Snipsnap pushes 
him and Liza pushes Whopper. Fight. Finally, all drive Schweitzer off 
R. Whopper throws cabbage after him ; Liza throws bottle, and Snipsnap 
throws basket). Stop dat, he's a picking up de tings ! He'll run away wid 
my market basket, (r.) ( Voice of Schweitzer, r.). No, he won't 1 Dake 
him ! (Whopper is hit ivith the basket thrown from r.) 

Whop. He couldn't eat de basket, but he will de cabbage ! Leff dat 
cabbage down, Sauerkrout ! ( Voice of Schw. r.). I'll leave you down ! {As 
before, cabbage is thrown on n. and knocks down Whofper.) 

(Snipsnap and Liza lift up Whopper and dust him down. Snipsnap 
picks his pocket of snuff box ; takes a ptinch, and offers it behind Whopper's 
back to Liza, who takes a pinch. Whopper suddenly lifts his head, when he 
upsets the snuffbox all over him. All three sneeze. Snipsnap stoops and 
pretends to pick up the box.) 

Snip. Dar's a cunning fella — a sparring wid you when he had your box. 

Whop. Just like his impudence! {Takes box.) How could he ax me 
for wages when I neber pays him any ? 

Snip. He said money. 

Liz. Yes, I 'pose he's robbed you — dat's it ! 

Snip, r. Whopper, c. Liza, l. 

Snip. Yas, you only ought to see him on a Sunday up in Dutch Hill I how 
he does shine in de beer garden ! 

Whop. Dat's whar my good clothes goes. 

Liz. What a wretch, to treat so good and kind a man as you I 

Whop. Very well ! he won't steal nuffin no more from me. 

Liz. {affectionately leaning on Whopper's arm). What a pity, boss, dat 
you'll be leff all alone by yourself in your big house widout no servant. 

Snip. Shouldn't wonder de least mite but dat you'll perhaps be broke 
into and robbed, for a sartinty 1 {Draws the edge of his open hand across 
his throat, with a saioiyig sound.) 

Liz. Yas, p'r'aps you'll woke yourself in de morning next day and find 
dat some ruffian had blown out your brains in de middle ob de night. 



DE BLACK MAGICIAN. 7 

Snip. And what's wuss dis cold wedder, you'll hab to git up at five 
o'clock to light de fire. 

Whop. Me light a fire ? 

Liz. And black your own boots ! 

Whop. I muss go to de Domestic Intelegraph office and get anudder 
man. (Going R.) 

Liz. No, take me ! (Seizes Whopper and turns him round.) 

Whop. For a man ? 

Snip. No ! take me — I'm ready made for your servica 

Liz. You a maid ? 

Whop. I can't afford bofe ob youse ! 

Liz. I don't eat much and 1 scarcely drink at all. (Whopper turns to 
Tier.) 

Snip. I neber eats at all, and I go widout a drink for ten years on a 
stretch. (Whopper turns to him.) 

Liz. Dat's a stretch I Den, sah, one dress does me for twenty year! 

Snip. I neber wears any (Liza, puts her hand over his mouth). 

Liz. Twenty dollars a month. 

Snip. Me ! I'll be bound to you for fifteen. 

Liz. Ten will get me. 

Snip. Five. 

Liz. One. 

Whop, (to Liz.). It's a bargain! 

Snip. 'Top a bit, boss ! I'll go for nuffinl (Whopper turns to him.) 

Liz. So will I, sah ! (Whopper stands puzzled between them, turning his 
head from one to another, etc.) 

Whop. Den I tink I had better hab bofe ! 

Liz. No ! I hate dat black scamp ! I don't mind gibbing you a dollar to 
hab me only. 

Whop. Dat's a first class notion. (Turns to Liza). Come on I 

Snip. Stay! I'll gib you free. 

Whop, (comes to Snip). Hand um 'ober \ 

Ia?.. Five. 

Snip. No perquisites ! 

Liz. You shall hab all of my ole dresses! 

Snip. And all ob mine — I mean clothes. 

Liz. Oh, don't you close wid him, massa, dey's a bundle ob rags already. 

Snip, (calmly). All right, ole man — you have her — she's so unlucky dat 
she'll sot fire to your house by upsetting a pail ob water 1 Now Ise care- 
ful, I is, and a good cook. 

Liz. Yes, he's a good cook. 

Whop. I'm glad ob dat. 

Liz. Yes, he's a bury good cook — bury all de fokes he cooks for! 
He nearly cooked de goose ob de last family he libed wid ! 

Whop. Whoo I go way, all de bofe de pair ob you two ! I'm afeard ob 
you ! I'd radder ha' Schweitzer back, and I'll go hunt him up in de 
brewery. Liza, mind you keep dat door locked. (Runs off r.) 

Snip. We've loss him between us ! 

Liz. Yas, I undid your work. 

Snip. Instead ob helping one anudder Come, come — no use crying 
ober spilt milk ; you'd better speak out an tell a fella what you got in 
your eye. 

Liz. Well, my young missus is a dying for her young man. 

Snip. Well, tain't nie ! 



8 DE BLACK MAGICIAN. 

Liz. I should tink not. It's Massa Saddletone. 
Snip. Tain't possible ! Why dat's my young massa. 
Liz. Dat's all right, den. 
Snip. An' here he comes. 
Liz. What ! ole stingy ! 
Snip. No, my massa. 

Liz. {looks r.). Yas, he's good looking, spry, cute, peart, libely. 
Snip. He ought to bs — I'm his foster brudder. 
Liz. His faster brudder. -^ 

Snip. Yas, dat I am. {Laughs.) He's all right, but no cash — and 
flowery sentences won't pay de baker. He's a poet. 
Liz. What I one ob dem fellas dat writes songs ? 
Snip. Yas — soft ! 

Enter Joseph Saddletone r., sadly. 

Liz. It's oft I've seen him. ( Goes l.) 

Snip. Saddletone. Liza. 

Snip. Did you git de note cashed, sah ? 

Sad. No, my friend ; it appears that money is tight again. 

Snip. I only wish I had some tight — it wouldn't git loose in a hurry, 
you bet ! No news from your friend in de hotel ? (Saddletone shakes 
his head.) Dat is most dis-aster-house ! Try good Uncle Whopper ! 

Sad. He has cast me off. 

Liz. Poor young man ! 

Snip. He frowed me off I I say, cheer up I I tink I kin fotch him. 
I'se got jist de most splendid idea eber you saw. 

Liza and Saddletone together. Oh, let's hear ! 

Snip. No, it's neider here nor dar. A trick's no good onless you keeps it 
secret. I learnt dat ob my ole master, de magician. (Rosie, opens c. win- 
dow.) 

Sad. Tell me, I'm all attention. 

Liz. Oh, sir, here's some one who wants your attention. 

Snip. To her, sah, lo her. What does de poet man say? "To her is 
human !" {All go l. except Liza, ivho goes R.) De ole man will be back 
presently. Liza, you keep your eye open while I gib massa a boost. 
{He lifts up Saddletone.) 

Sad. How am I to repay you ? 

Snip. When you come into your property hang on to the winder sill. 

Sad. {romantically). Oh, my love, to rise to your level one should be a 
king at least. 

Snip. I am aching under you — oh ! 

Sad. How lovely upon your front is fixed the marks of beauty. 

Snip. Upon my back de marks ob your boot heels will be fixed. 

Sad. My love is firm, and I shall never waver in that love I {Moves 
about. Aside to Snipsnap). Steady, boy, steady ! {Aloud). I feel so light 
of heart I 

Snip. You are mighty heaby ob body. 

Rosie. I beheve you, you charming fellow ! Only free me from this horrid 
prison and we'll be united in the bonds of Hymen at once. 

Sad. a myriad thanks. I feel as if a great weight were lifted off my 
breast. 

Snip. I wish it was lifted off my shoulders. 

Sad. One fond embrace. ( Tliey embrace.) Another kiss I She melts 
iike French pastry m the mouth. 



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Liz. Look out, dar 1 

RosiE. I am looking out. 

Liz. De ole jailer ia coming I 

Snip. My lord, beware of jail-liousey I 

Sad. Farewell, my paragon ! 

Snip. Yes, lets be a pair'o'goners. (Exit Snipsnap and Saddletone 
R. Uxit Liza into hotise.) 

Enter Whopper r. 

Whop. Dat looked like my brazen nephew dat run'd agin me. Dear me ! 
Schweitzer wasn't in de saloon after dat beating. I should tink lie had 
gone to his beer, too. Oh, Swoity, Svveity! I can't survive midout you. 
The loss ob dat man will make me do somelin' desprit. I'll marry Rosie 
and den she kin nurse me when I hab a touch ob de gout. Dat will make 
my good for nothing nephew turn all de colors ob de rainbow. Ha ! ha 1 
{Laughs till he coughs, which doubles him up.) 

Enter Saddletone r. Re crosses slowly, looking up at window. 

Sad. Alas! she is gone. (Buns agaist Wkovver.) 1 beg your pardon. 

Whop. Gone ! I should tink it was my gorn. {Lifts up one foot in pain.) 
What ! my nephew I You turned up again I 

Sad. Yes, I hope I've turned up a gain and not a loss. Ha I ha 1 {Punches 
Whopper in the ribs.) Turned up trumps, eh? 

Whop. Be off, sir 1 You'll only get clubs from me. 

Sad. I've come to 

Whop. Yes, and now you can go to 

Sad. For mercy's sake. 

Whop. Den go and marry mercy ! 

Sad. Let me enfold you to my manly chest I 

Whop. jSTo ! it's my money chest you want to enfold. 

Sad. I want to confess to you. 

Whop. I won't hear. {Stops his ears.) 

Sad. Come, my dear old nunkey ! 

Whop. What's dat? Call me an old monkey? 

Sad. Xunkey ! That would mean uncle. 

Whop. Who's a mean uncle. Shoo I I hab cut you off wid a shilling. 
Now cut yourself off widout a shilhng. 

Sad. I have fallen in love. 

Whop. I wish you'd fallen into de ribber! 

Sad. With Miss Rosie. 

Whop. Den I'll rosin her beau. ( Waves his cane.) 

Enter Snipsnap r. He makes a sign to Saddletone, and nods and smiles 
to intimate that all is well. He has his white beaver hat in his hand. 

Sad. You don't stick to anything, uncle. 

Whop. I'll stick you ; I'm able. 

Sad. Abel! Cane, more like ! Keep cool, I'm off! {Going n.). All now 
depends on Snipsnap. 

Whop. Stop him till I break his head ! ( Goes r. Snipsnap aims a blow 
at Saddletone, who dodges, and Whopper is hit and knocked to c. Exit 
Saddletone laughing, r.) 

Snip. Hullo ! who's dat ruffian ? {Lifts up Whopper.) What's he done ? 

Whop. It's a nephew ob mine. I caught him perambulating roun' here 
prying for my ward Rosie. 



10 DE BLACK MAGICIAN, 

Snip. Say de word and I'll double up de perambulator. 

Whop. You're bery kind — but's what's your name, by de way ? 

Snip. I don't know what ray name is by de weigh — but I'm eleben 
stone, sir, by de weight. 

Whop. What do dey call you ? 

Snip. I know now. My address is (quickly) Adolphus Honeysuckle 
Maximilian Charles Jemima Alexander Houseafire Gabriel Incorrigible 
Marble Archway Gibbs, Esquire. 

Whop. Eh? I didn't quite coichde lass syllable but eight. 

Snip. Marble Houseafire Archway Alexander Honeysuckle Whitewash 
Collywobble Chunks, 

Whop. Yas, it sounds much nicer backwards. Are you sure you ain't 
leJff a couple ob yards ob him home in your trunk ? 

Snip. No, it's all here. 

Whop. You'd better put on you hat — someob de ends ob dat name will 
cotch cold. 

Snip, (mysteriously). No 1 I mustn't ! 

Whop. Mustn't tuck in your name ? (c.) 

Snip. No J (r. cf Whopper.) Mustn't wear my hat. If I was to put on my 
hat you wouldn't see me. I should wanish from your gaze like a beautiful 
dneam. 

Whop. No humbugging me, man 1 (Shakes his cane.) 

Snip. It's no humbug. You see dishat? 

Whop. An' a bery dilapidated beaver it am. 

Snip. Yas^ does it look old ? 

Whop. It's full ob dem. 

Snip. Full ob what ? 

Whop. Holes. It's holes all ober. 

Snip. I mean old wid age. 

Whop. I don't know what did it. 

Snip. Dis hat is more dan loventy leven thousand years old. 

Whop. No! 

Snip, Yes — double ; yes, Ise counted 'um. Dar nefer was but dis one 
hat made — it was found in de tomb ob de Cap-ulets. My massa was a 
magician and he used to wear dis hat. 

Whop. Your massa a magician ? 

Snip. Yes. 

Whop. Did he find de file-ossifer's stone ? 

Snip. Guess he did ! We had de back yard paved wid it. 

Whop. What did you learn dar 

Snip. Neber to raise more spirits dan you can send down. (Imitates 
lifting glass to lips and drinking .) I stick to dat. But about dis hat. Ho 
gib it to me. When a man wears dis hat nobody can see him, 'cause lie's 
inwisable. Nobody, sah (aside), dat's blind ob one eye and can't see out 
ob de Oder 1 

Whop, You seem to speak de truff for once, Adolphus Honeysuckle and 
SO forth, but I can''t beliebe you. 

Snip. I'll gib you a proof, sah. Keep your eyes open J (Passes hehind 
Whopper and pulls the skirt of coat across the front of Whopper so that he 
Tnay be on the left of Whopper though he is pulling the coat towards the 
right, where only Ms liand is). Holkobaloo fromwywack I (Puis hat on.) 

Whop. Whareber has de ding gone to ? 

Snip. Up in de corner 1 

WuOP. (looks up stage). I don't see you I 



DE BLA.CK MAGICIAN. 11 

Snip. More to de left. 

Whop. On de left. ( Tarns to l.) 

Snip. No, I be left dat. On de right ! 

Whop. I can't spy j'ou. 

Snip. No I dat's right. Am dis sassifrageitorj' ? 

Whop. Yes! 

Snip. I'm coming down to you ! (Whopper looks upivard.) Tuck in 
your nose (stoops and comes round to the front of Whopper and rises loith 
the hat in his hand.) 

Whop. Now I sees you. 

Snip. Ah ! but you couldn't seize me if I didn't hab de hat off. 

Whop. Dis is de biggest ting I eber heerd on. Is it for sale? 

Snip. No, siree ! Money wouldn't buy it. Dat hat is my bed and board. 

Whop. Yes, it's pretty thoroughly bored. 

Snip, When it's grub time I put it on and walk into de grocery and 
pick up a cracker or two and cut off a hunk of cheese, and empty some 
fella's tumbler — and den all I got to do is slope, and nobody sees me to ask 
me for pay. 

Whop. Dis is really wonderful. 

Snip. It's my appetiteful 1 So don't ax me to gib you de wery bread 
out ob my mouth. 

Whop, (aside). An idea ! wid dat hat on I could watch Rosie, and see 
who comes sneaking roun' her. 

Snip. Dat will be a useful hat for me when I go courting. I could lay 
for a ribal, and jump out on him and kick him out ob de winder — and he 
wouldn't know who smote him. He'd only see de air! and tink de wind 
gib him de blow. 

Whop. Excellent I I'll buy it off you. 

Snip. You ain't got enough money. 

Whop. I'll gib a dollar for him. 

Snip. For a beaver ? You would be very generous. 

Whop. What do you say to four dollars fifty ? 

Snip. Make it an even V and I'll let it out to you for a year. 

Whop. I'd like to try him before I poneys up, just to see how it fits. 

Snip. You've got a bery pleasant fit on you now, uncle. (Stupidly). 
Well, I don't know. Dat seems no wuss dan fair. 

Whop. Oh, yes (aside), it's quite fair for me. (Aloud). Heah, den! 
(Aside). Once it's on he can't see me and den I'll fly ! 

Snip, (aside). I know his game, but I'm game to it. (They exchange 
hats. Snip has to fold thebrim in to make it tight enough for his head). Oh, 
hillo ! he's gone ! Oh, what a dummy I was! Sir, sir! Massa, massa! 
Mass' Whopper I (Blubbers.) Don't go 'way an' rob a poor man ob his 
only means ob an honest libing. I say — here! He's gone ! he's cl'ar 
gone! Where kin hje be ? (Feels about and sty-ikes out right and left.) Up — 
down — on de left or right — under (kicks out) — across (strikes) — above — 
below — overneath — around — in front — behind— here— dar ! (Keeps striking 
Whopper. Business.) 

Whop. Oh, oh ! my head — my nose — my poor eyes — my back ! Oh, ah I 
owl you! murder ! 

Snip. I can't see him — but hark— I hear breathing! (Gives Whopper a 
terrific slap and Whopper's hat falls off .) Why, here you was all de time! 

Whop. I'm dented all ober ! 

Snip. Tank you, sah 1 Beg you pardon, Massa Whopper, but I was kind 



12 DE BLACK MAGICIAN. 

o' skeered dat you was gone away. {Laughs.) Ky 1 he, he I I hope I neber 
'truck you in feeling for you ? 

Whop. Oh, no I {Aside). I'd better be kicked by a hoss dan dis donkey. 
You shall pay me for this, you inky scoundrel. 

Snip {picks up hat). Well, sah, if you is sassified, put up de currency. 

Whop, {gives hank hill). Dar you are. {Aside). Bank's broken all to bits. 

Snip. Happy ole massa. De whole world am now yours under my 
steerage. 

Whop. Steerage, niggah ! I'se always fust cabin 1 

Snip. Youse free as de air to wander where you please. Hush ! (Liza 
opens L. D.). Heah comes Miss Liza. Vanish ^ and I'll show de wench up to 
you in her true colors. {Punches Whopper's hat down over his eyes.) 

Whopper, r. Snipsnap, c. Liza, l. (Liza is weeping.) 

Snip. What's de matter, brack gal ? ( Whispers to Liza.) 

Liz. Brack gal I Who you call brack ? I ain't so brack but dat my 
fist will leave a white mark on you. 

Snip. What is de lubly butcherfly shedding sobs for ? 

Liz. Nuffin. 

Snip. E-liz-a-beth, dat's a falsity! Ginerally you hab a grin on you like 
de mouf ob a railroad tunnel— hab you rose anything worth de picking up ? 

Liz. I is vexed, dat's all. I hab los' a good place. On'y for you inter- 
fering Massa Whopper would hab 'gaged me as a servant. 

Whop {aside). I'm bery sorry I wounded dat gal's feelings. 

Liz. De poor ole gomblemau — he all alone now — he hab to tie he own 
cravat now, and scorch his lingers making toast. Heigho ! 

Snip. Yes, he hab a high old time ob it. Don't you fret, it ain't no loss. 

Liz. What I Whar'Il j^ou find 'nudder gembleman so polite and make 
hisself so 'gree'ble — whar, eh ? 

Snip. Oh, dar's heaps better dan dat old cantankerous crusty fella. 
An ole homely curmudgeon. 

Liz. What? 

Snip. Greedy, closefisted I 

Whop, {aside to Snip). Rascal, I'll closefist you I 

Snip. Keep quiet. It's on'y to draw her out ! 

Liz. Den he 'peaks so elowquently ! I tink I neber heerd so moosicicle 
a woice. 

Whop. What a good gal dat is I She make de tears come into my eyes I 
( Coughs.) 

Liz. What a bad cold you got, Snipsnap. 

Snip. No twarn't dis child. 

Whop, {sneezes). Achool 

Liz. Oh, here's witchcraft I I hear sneezing and I don't see any 
sneezer. 

Snip. No use looking. Dat's sneezer here nor dar ! 

Whop. It was me! 

Liz. {in fright). Murder! Is dat de ghost ob Gimblet's fader ? Go 'way I 
Ise been to camp meeting and Ise denounced de debil! Whoeber am 
dat? 

Whop. It's only me. Whopper. 

Liz. Dat is a Whopper ! ( Clings lo Snipsnap.) Whar ? 

Whop. Here I {Business of Liza trying to lay her hands on him.) 



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DE BLACK MAGICIAN. 13 

Snip, [takes off Whopper's hat). You forget, sah, dat you must be un- 
halted to be seen. 

Liz. Oh, how you scared me, sah 1 {Fans herself.) 

Whop, {xyroudly). It's on'y magic. Dat's all. When I puts on dig 
magic chapcau I goes out ob sight. It's science. And when I takes it 
off I comes into vision agin. Science, science ! 

Liz. Oh, what a wonderful man you is, massa ; I should tink you would 
be put in do museum. Ah, wouldn't I be proud to hab you for a massa. 

Whop. You shall I I heerd your wishes. ♦ 

Snipsnap, r. Whopper, c. Liza, l. 

Liz. What, did you hear me? I shall sink iato do clouds wid effusion. 

Snip, So far it's well. Now try de charm on Miss Rosie. 

Liz. Oh, do ! and see how she lubs you. 

Whop. You don't intend to mean — dat you tink you can say — dat you 
beheve dat she lubs me ? Why she has rejected me a score ob times. 

Liz. Dat was yesterday. 

Snip. And women don't always say no for yes-to-day I De gal is right. 
I'll bet de young lady lubs you like old boots. Just you make de experi- 
ment. 

Whop, I will I Unlock de door, Liza, an' call Rosie out to take de air, 
Liza 1 (Liza exits l. d.). I'm all in a flutter. She's slow a coming. 

Snip. When she's a wife she won't be so slow to take de hair. Hyar she 
am. Put on de hat I 

Enter Liza arid Rosie l. d. Rosie and Liza do not appear to see Whopper 

at all. 

Liz. a little walk will do you good, Missee. 

Rosie. No doubt. I go out so seldom. 

Liz. Let's go ober dar ! P'rhaps Mr. Saddletone is somewhar round and 
will spy you. 

Rosie, No! Then I will go in again. That fop of a fellow tires me 
with his puppy talk. 

Liz, I tliought you liked him bery much ? 

Whopper and Snipsnap, r, Rosie, c. Liza, l. 

Rosie. I'd as lief love a tailor's block. 

Whop, (aside). Dat's sensible. 

Snip (to Whop.). Hush ! 

Rosie. Not that I hate him ! 

Whop. I'm a dead man 1 (Falls on Snipsnap.) 

Rosie. Though I've found him to be false. 

Whop. I breathe again. 

Rosie. He spends all his time vdth the baker's daughter. He persecutea 
me for my property — not for me. 

Snip (to Whop.). Darl what did I tell you, sah? 

Rosie. No ! no ! none of your boy lovers for me. 

Liz. Oh, indeed I I 'spose den dat you hab a full grown man in your eye? 

Rosie (sighs). Ah ! I have indeed I Better a ripe apple any day dan a 
green cabbage head. 

Liz. Who is de gemblemen? 

Rosie. That I can't tell you, Liza. 

Whop (aside). Can she mean me ? 

Liz, Oho! ashamed to speak his name! 



14 r>E BLACK MAGICIAN, 



RosiE. Ashamed 1 No, I am proud to be adored by the wise and gen* 
eroiis Breakenridge B. Whopper! 

Liz. Mass' Whopper 1 Oh, laws a massy I {Faints in Rosie's arms.) 

Whop. She loves me I {Faints in Snipsnap's arms.) 

Snip {aside to Whopper). Ain't you had a bully five dollars' worth T 
Was dat a dear old hat ? 

Whop. No, my dear old friend 1 {Embraces Snipsnap. Snipsnap pulls 
out Whopper's watch.) 

Snip. Brass! what a sell! {Puis watch hack. Aside.) 1 must post 
my massa on de trick. {Goes R. and makes signs as to some one in the dis- 
tance.) 

RosiE. Yes, my good old guardian shall be my husband. 

Whop. She's a darling. Come to my {Going to Rosie, stops and looks 

off R.), Hullo 1 here's dat scamp Joe again. 

Enter Saddletone r. 

Snip, {to Saddletone). Make believe you can't see de ole man. It'a 
all right. {Returns to Whopper). Keep quiet ! 

Whop {to Snip.). But he will speak to my ward. 

Snip. Let him, and don't ward him off I " You's doubly her guardian 
now! 

Rosie (^0 Sad.). You here, sir! {Tosses her head indignantly.) 

Sad. Oh, my reception is that icy that I see I am not wanted. I beg 
pardon for having annoyed you, but I only came to say good-bye forever 
to you. 

Whop, Liza, Rosie. Going away ? 

Sad. Yes ! I have always been cut to de heart {puts his handkerchief to 
his eyes) that I would give pain to my uncle I (Rosie 2)u(s her handkerchief 
to her eyes.) A first class uncle ! (Liza puts her apron to her eyes). A 
sober 

Snip. Oh ! ( Wipes his eyes on his sleeve.) 

Sad. Solid man, worth a dozen such rattlebrains as me ! 

Whop, {aside). What a reform ! de fellow is quite sensible I 

Rosie. That's true ! and that's why T am going to be his wife. 

Sad. Oh ! then you are going to marry him? 

Rosie. Yes, sir — what have you got to say against it ? 

Sad. Oh, nothing I I am going to marry, also. The baker has given his 
daughter Jane four hundred dollars and de best house in Biscuit street. 
It's a brilliant match ! 

Rosie. Oh I marry Miss Doughhead by all means I {Laughs contempt- 
uously.) 

Whop, {aside). She don't seem put out a mite I 

Rosie. I thought you were above marrying for money ? 

Sad. I was above it once but I have come down since. 

Liza, r. Rosie, Sad., c. Whop., Snipsnap, l. 

Besides I've got to come down to repay my uncle for what he spent on me 
in my boyhood. 

Whop, {aside). Dat's right. 

Rosie. Oh ! you think yourself very noble for fair dealing. But I 
won't be outdone ! Can't a wife transfer her property to the man of her 
choice ? 

Sad. Certainly. 

Rosie. I'll hand over to his keeping my farm and houses in town. 



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r)K BLACK UAGIC t AS. 15 

Whop, (aside). She's a superfine nngel ! 

E.OSIE. He's always complaining of how poor he has to live, poor dear 
old guardy, and now I'll stop that talk. And as I shall be poor and he 
rich when I marry him, I can be sure he wedded me for myself alone. 

Snip {lifting his hands in admiration). Well, dar! I neber heerd afore 
ob such mobility 1 

Liz. Dis is worth libing for, 'pon my word f 

Snip. Ain't you got no property to transfer to me? (To LiZA.y 

Sar But you rniTst have it done" legally. I am going to sign my dona" 
tion to uncle at the mayor's — suppose we take Liza and Snipsnap as wit- 
nesses, and you run round — you can be back in five minutes with the 
document. 

Liz. It will be a surprise to de dear ole man I 

Snip. Yes, it will be a surprise to him. 

RosiE. But I mustn't stay longer. {Exeunt all hut Weovteu, r.) 

Whop, (alone). Snipsnap was right! She prefers me to eberybody else" 
and all de world besides f Rosie's gwine ta make ober all her property 
to me. I shall be de richest man in de village. Hurrah I dis ole hat is s 
fortune to me. (Si7igs): Oh, won't I cat a fine ole- shine when dis ole hat 
"was new 1 (Dances.) 

Enter Schweitzer drunlc, R., with Ms pipe broken. As he enters he is singing 
Oh, the pottle of peer 
Und the kase nefer fear, 
Is what makes mine guntry to boast F 
Oh,. I tink a leedal much 
Of dose beeble not Dutch 
Who trinks mit anndder deir doast I! 
Whop. It's Schweitzer ! he's been bathing in the brewery vat f What 
a flow of spirits I (l. c.) 

ScHW. How goes it, gentleman ? 

^y BOP (astonished). What! can you see me? Dis is queer I 
ScHW. See you — see both of you ! 

Whop. Yet I have the hat on. You fool, don't you see you can't see 
me, 'cause I is invisible I Ise got de magic beaver on 1 

Sch w. Put dercyau vas blain enough f an' himmel knows you are blain 
enough! (Chuckles.) 

Whop. Can 1 hab been tricked ? No, you donkey ! I am invisible It's 
science I you can't see me. 

ScHW. Nein ! your pack vas not infisiblel Dare f (Slaps Whotf-er) 
TJnd your nose! (Pulls Whopper's nose.) 

Whop, (rubs his nose with one hand and his shoulder with the other). 
Oh, oh I I shall never smell no more f 
Schw. Am I wrong? (Strikes him.) 
Whop. No! 

Schw. (kicks him). Did that liit you on your invisible head ? 
Whop. Oh, no, no! I hab been duped, tricked, cheated, soldf 
Schw. How. much did you get? 

Whop. I'll trash ebery one ob de lot ob dem ! (Flourishes cane so that 
ScH"WEiTZER has to jump out of the zvay.) 

Enter Snipsnap r. 

Snipsnap. Dey have settled it all right. Hallo 1 Schweitzer here I D© 
cat's out ob de bag I 



16 DEBLACKJIAGICIAN. 

"Whop. You thief of the world I you gracesuape I you^— you ! 
Snip. I'll habyou up forhbel ! 
Whop. Gib me back my tive dollars I 
Snip. Ise done put him in de bank, sahl 
"Whop. Begone 1 You refuse ? 
Snip. No 1 I refuse to begone I 
Whop. I'll be de deff of you ! 

Snip. Oh, don't, massa 1 don't make my wife a widow on her wedding 
day! 
Whop. Your wife 1 
SCHW. Oh, ho I he vas get a wife ! Ach, himmel I de poor fellow ! 

Enter Liza r. 

Snip. She is mine I a gold mine, I hope, and not a powder mine ; 'case I 
don't want to be blowed up ! 

Liz. Yes, fac'. Mass' Whopper, Ise his wife — married by the major dis 
bery minute. 

Whop. Den I discharge you from my service. You shall starbe in the 
gutter. 

Liz. No, sah, Ise got a place. 

Whop. A new place already ? 

Liz. No, sah, de same ole place. Miss Rosie keeps me on. Ise Mrs. 
Joseph Saddletone's lady's maid. (Courtseys.) 

Whop. Wha', wha' de baker's daughter? 

Enter Rosie and Saddletone, she on his arm, r. 

Rosie. No, sir 1 I am Mr. Saddletone's wife. 

Sad. Yes, uncle. 

Whop. I see it all. I shall explode wid rage! (Snipsnap puts his hands 
over Whopper's shoulders.) 

Snip. Bless you, my belubbed children ! (Whopper tries to strike him. 
Be gets behind Schweitzer.) 

Whop. Schweitzer, I'll take you back into my service, just to keep dem 
fokes from my door, and fust thing knock down dat sassy nigger 1 

Snip. I is already knocked down to de highest Biddy here! {Takes Jjizk's 
hand, grinning.) 

TABLEAU. 

Snip. Liz. Sad. Rosie. Whop. Schw. 

FINALE. 

Sad. Oh, we will forgive. 

Rosie (to Whop.). And you must forget. 

Liz. Oh, dat he will do, for he is always for getting I 

Whop. No, no, no ! 

Rosie. But you will! 

Schw. Or I von't serve him schtill! 

Sad. And so wo have done with our fretting ! 

Snip. To arrive at your ends and in lub hab your wishin' 

You'be only t' apply to de sable Magician. 
All. So t' arrive at j^our ends, etc. [Dance andpicture.) 

CURTAIN {or dance off). 



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148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

113. Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

4. Dandelioa's Dodges, farce, 1 act 4 

22. David (iarrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

71. Doing for the Best, drauia, 2 acts. . 5 
142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts.. 9 



No. 

21. 
186. 

47. 

13). 

200. 

103. 

9. 

128. 
101. 

99. 
145. 
102. 

88. 

74. 

53. 

73. 



131. 

28. 

151. 

8. 

180. 

19. 

60. 
187. 
174. 

64. 
190. 
191. 
197. 

18. 

116. 

129. 
159. 
122. 

177. 
100. 
139. 

17. 

86. 

70 



Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 3 

Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. '. 6 4 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 2 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 5 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 1 

Faust aud Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 7 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 1 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts'.'.! .11 4 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 10 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 1 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 3 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act" ! " 4 2 

Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 4 

Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 2 

Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 4 
Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 Jict 5 3 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 3 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 

Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts. . . 10 3 

Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 5 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

His Owu Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 1 

Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 3 

Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 1 

High C, comedietta, 1 act : 4 2 

Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 2 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 3 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 2 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 3 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 2 

Isabella Orsiiii, drama, 4 acts 11 4 

I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 

Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 3 

Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 4 

Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 

Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



DE WITT'S ACTING PL^ 



No. 
144. 
34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 



15. 
46. 
51. 

184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 
92. 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 

90. 
170. 

33. 
3. 

97. 



172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 

178. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts. 12 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L'Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 

Ofi the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts ' 

Orange Blo-soms, comedietta, 1 act. 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedv farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts. . ..11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act... 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



8 4 



No. 
61. 
138. 



Po. 




■ 



015 793 128 3 



158. 
79. 
37. 



31. 



5 2 

1 



50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Prett}' Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 
181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts, 
157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op- 
eretta. 1 act 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts ..16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama. 4 acts 12 4 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, ti'avesty, 1 act, 4 
scenes 6 3 

School, comedy, 4 acts 6 6 

Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 17 5 

Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 2 

6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 

Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 

Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act 12 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, fa.ce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 

81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 
44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. ..54 

105. Which ofthe Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 

98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 2 



101. 



> acts 4 

Vengeance, 



Widow Hunt, comedy, 
William Tell with a 

burlesque 

Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 

Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 
Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 1 3 



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